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Perceived burdensomeness, bullying, and suicidal ideation in suicidal military personnel
Author(s) -
CrowellWilliamson Gavin A.,
Fruhbauerova Martina,
DeCou Christopher R.,
Comtois Katherine A.
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/jclp.22836
Subject(s) - suicidal ideation , psychology , suicide prevention , poison control , clinical psychology , workplace bullying , injury prevention , human factors and ergonomics , occupational safety and health , mediation , association (psychology) , military personnel , psychiatry , medical emergency , medicine , social psychology , psychotherapist , pathology , political science , law
Objective Suicide is a major public health concern among military servicemembers and previous research has demonstrated an association between bullying and suicide. This study evaluated the association between workplace bullying and suicidal ideation via perceived burdensomeness and thwarted belongingness which were hypothesized to mediate this association. Method Four hundred and seventy‐one suicidal Army Soldiers and U.S. Marines completed self‐report measures of suicidal ideation, thwarted belongingness, perceived burdensomeness, and bullying. A series of regressions were used to test the hypothesized mediation model using the baseline data from a larger clinical trial. Results Perceived burdensomeness was a significant mediator of the association between bullying and the level of suicidal ideation, but thwarted belongingness was not a significant mediator. Conclusions Perceived burdensomeness may represent a malleable target for intervention to prevent suicide among military service members, and should be evaluated further as an intervening variable with regard to suicidality in the setting of bullying victimization.